Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ the advantage of adopting this course if it is practical because children whose appeals are heard last could otherwise be prejudiced because of decisions which had been reached already by an appeal committee to send children to a particular school ’ . |
| 2 | But it is unwise to assume that parents will inevitably pose a problem when they are placed first . |
| 3 | One method of avoiding the operation of the rule is to reverse the order of the two parts of the clause so that the general words are placed first and the list of specific items are prefaced by a phrase like " for example " , or " without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing " , or " such as " . |
| 4 | The system constructs a logical form by making a number of decisions in a fixed order , and if the result is unacceptable , it is always later decisions that are altered first . |
| 5 | The formulae to produce x , y plotting coordinates from latitude and longitude values for this projection are as follows ( definitions of r and clong are given first ) : with latitude and longitude again expressed in radian measure . |
| 6 | There is also a free three year Maintenance Plan , where you are given next day on-site support with the option of claiming £50.00 compensation per day should Ti'Ko fail to meet this obligation . |
| 7 | Many valuable drugs have been recognized first as poisons . |
| 8 | He had been sacked last week , for the fourth time in a year , after a row with an unpleasant restaurant owner who had a fat pink face that looked about to snort , and chaste little feet on raised heels that he walked on as if they were trotters . |
| 9 | When I found out that we had been placed next to each other in class with all my friends around I went , ‘ Oh no , I 'm sitting next to Grant ’ . |
| 10 | To protect the double doors when they were open to allow the passage of vehicles , two large stones about fifteen inches square and three feet in height had been placed next to the brickwork by the pavement . |
| 11 | Unfortunately she had been placed next to Dorothy , Fred 's daughter , in one routine . |
| 12 | Oliver was below the salt , as far as Sir Thomas was concerned , and Gwendolen had been placed next to Lord Beddington so that Sir Thomas did not have to look at her . |
| 13 | Paul had been placed next to her , and when she looked across the table she caught Nicholas ' eye with its suggestion of complicity . |
| 14 | The previous term I had been placed third — now my position was sixth . |
| 15 | In dealing with the techniques of studying , memory has been treated first , for without memory all study would be in vain . |
| 16 | Candidates who are admitted to study for the PhD , MLitt or MPhil are registered first under the designation of ‘ supervised postgraduate student ’ . |
| 17 | Not all alternatives are looked at , rather those most familiar to decision-makers or deviating least from existing practice are examined first , in order to cut down the information and transition costs associated with more radical changes . |
| 18 | This particular feature in the landscapes at Horta de Ebro , the solid , almost tangible , treatment of the sky , had been developed first in Cubist painting by Braque as a result of his new ideas about pictorial space . |
| 19 | But on the principle that most clever ideas in this field seem to have been developed first by bats , I do n't mind betting that the answer is yes . |
| 20 | There have been few serious attempts to break away from this restrictive framework ; it is the absence of the application of any theoretical framework that has made such work so sterile , and it is doubtful whether evidence will be found for the social and economic developments during the period by studying art-styles , date and distribution alone , unless specific questions are formulated first . |
| 21 | For example , if we seek a document on the economic history of Germany and we know that works on history are arranged first by country , then by social process and then by period , it will be easier for us to find this document than if the subdivision was less systematic . |
| 22 | The principles of these rules are explained first in pp. 15–43 of their book , and in greater detail in pp. 69–162 . |
| 23 | A Memorial shaped like a B17 tailfin has been erected next to the town 's library . |
| 24 | I think we should have been consulted first |
| 25 | The Club Exclusive Sunshine Studios are surrounded by pretty gardens about 20–25 minutes from the beach and nightlife of Faliraki , and are situated next to the Irene Studios . |
| 26 | Sage now grandly claims itself Britain 's largest micro software company having been listed eighth in Romtec 's January 1993 analysis of the Top 15 software companies in the UK , behind seven US firms . |
| 27 | Daleys Dennis is also in action tomorrow , the first eight heats having been completed last night . |
| 28 | When I use it I ensure that I have some " special " roles " up my sleeve " as it were , so that the children who are approached last are allocated roles which , at least potentially , are the most important . |
| 29 | Payments to him for his sick daughter Mary are included first in what are known as ‘ Church Extras ’ , then in the main list of relief to paupers . |
| 30 | I dare say you read in the paper she had been attacked last week by some pervert . ’ |